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LETTERCONTAINING ADEFENCE OF THE COLLEGE OF GW,.Againjl an tn/idious Attempt to depreciate tideability and tajle<strong>of</strong> itsPr<strong>of</strong>ejfors,MrrpHE furprifing fuccefs with which it has-pleafedGod to blefs his majefty's arms, and <strong>the</strong> aufpiciousbirth <strong>of</strong> a Prince <strong>of</strong> Wales, are events fo gloriousas might be fupp<strong>of</strong>ed to infpire joy into every loyalBritifli heart, and give a flow <strong>of</strong> proper expreffionseven to <strong>the</strong> rude and unlearned in <strong>the</strong>ir addrefles to<strong>the</strong> Throne.When, <strong>the</strong>refore, I looked jnto <strong>the</strong> newfpapers, andand faw an addrefs from <strong>the</strong> Univcrilty <strong>of</strong> Giafgow,I expected fomething fpirited, and which might comewith propriety from fo learned a fociety. But I wasbeyond meafure aftonifhed to find it conceived andexpreiTed precifely in <strong>the</strong> following terms«• To <strong>the</strong> King's M<strong>of</strong>t Excellent INIajefty,« <strong>The</strong> humble Addrefs <strong>of</strong> tlie Chancellor, Reclor,Principal, Dean <strong>of</strong> Faculty, and i^rcfelTors <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Univeriity <strong>of</strong> Giafgow." May it pleafe your Ma'/ejly,'

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